vanish

vanish
verb
1 disappear suddenly and completely
ADVERB
just, simply

I turned around and she had simply vanished.

abruptly, instantly, promptly, suddenly
quickly, rapidly

Her feelings of shyness rapidly vanished.

mysteriously

a man who mysteriously vanished from his home last month

VERB + VANISH
seem to
make sb/sth
PREPOSITION
from

All thoughts of romance vanished from his mind.

into

She vanished into the mist.

PHRASES
vanish from the face of the earth, vanish from sight, vanish into thin air

At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.

vanish without trace
2 disappear over a period of time
ADVERB
altogether, completely, entirely, totally

Many of these old cinemas have now vanished altogether.

all but, almost, nearly, virtually

a way of life that has now all but vanished

long since

The people who built this temple have long since vanished.

forever

Much of the land we loved has vanished forever.

away
PREPOSITION
from

This plant is vanishing from our countryside.

Vanish is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑mirage, ↑smile

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  • Vanish — Van ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vanished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vanishing}.] [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanu[ i]r, F. s [ e]vanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See {Vain},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vanish — Van ish, n. (Phon.) The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot. Rush. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vanish — may refer to:*Vanish (brand), a toilet bowl cleaner * Vanish an episode of the TV series Criss Angel Mindfreak *Vanishing, a type of magical effect *A mathematical function having a root or a zeroee also*Forced disappearance *Vanishing… …   Wikipedia

  • vanish — vanish, evanesce, evaporate, disappear, fade can all mean to pass from view or out of existence. Vanish implies a complete, often mysterious, and usually sudden passing; it commonly suggests absence of all trace or of any clue that would permit… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • vanish — (v.) c.1300, from aphetic form of stem of O.Fr. esvanir disappear, from V.L. *exvanire, from L. evanescere disappear, die out, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vanescere vanish, from vanus empty (see VAIN (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • vanish — [van′ish] vi. [ME vanissen, aphetic < prp. stem of OFr esvanir < VL * exvanire, for L evanescere: see EVANESCE] 1. to go or pass suddenly from sight; disappear 2. to cease to exist; come to an end 3. Math. to become zero n. Phonet. the… …   English World dictionary

  • vanish — index depart, disappear, dissipate (spread out), evacuate, expire, leave (depart), perish …   Law dictionary

  • vanish — [v] disappear become invisible, be lost, clear, dematerialize, die, die out, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, fade away, go away, melt; concept 105 Ant. appear, arrive, come …   New thesaurus

  • vanish — ► VERB 1) disappear suddenly and completely. 2) gradually cease to exist. 3) Mathematics become zero. DERIVATIVES vanishing adjective & noun vanishingly adverb. ORIGIN Old French esvanir, from Latin evanescere die away …   English terms dictionary

  • vanish — v. 1) to vanish completely 2) (D; intr.) to vanish from (to vanish from sight) 3) (D; intr.) to vanish into (to vanish into thin air) * * * [ vænɪʃ] to vanish completely (D; intr.) to vanish from (to vanish from sight) (D; intr.) to vanish into… …   Combinatory dictionary

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